Mirza Varešanović

Mirza Varešanović

Personal information
Full name	Mirza Varešanović
Date of birth	(1972-05-31) 31 May 1972
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SR Bosnia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	FK Sarajevo	14	(1)
1995–1996	Bordeaux	13	(0)
1996–1998	Olympiacos F.C.	67	(2)
1998–2000	Bursaspor	54	(2)
2000–2001	Austria Wien	19	(0)
2001–2002	FK Sarajevo	16	(1)
2002–2003	Bursaspor	22	(1)
2003–2004	FK Sarajevo	11	(0)
International career
1996–2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2011	FK Sarajevo
2011–2012	Velež
2014–	Olimpic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mirza Varešanović (born 31 May 1972 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Bosnian footballer and Manager.

Playing career

He started his career with FK Sarajevo, breaking into the first team in 1991, but getting only limited playing time. With the start of the Bosnian war, competitive football in the country halted and FK Sarajevo became a touring club. During one of these tours Varešanović was spotted by FC Bordeaux scouts, and he quickly joined the French team. A year later he made a move to Olympiacos F.C., spending two seasons with the Greek outfit. He next moved to Turkish Süper Lig side Bursaspor, who he would go onto represent on two separate occasions. He concluded his playing career with FK Sarajevo in 2004.

He was capped 24 times for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Managerial career

After concluding his playing career Varešanović was named FK Sarajevo Sporting director, and held the position for two years. In 2010 he was named FK Sarajevo manager and led the team for one season before being sacked. In the summer of 2011 he was approached by FK Velež Mostar, and went on to lead the Herzegovina outfit for a season. In 2014 he accepted an offer from FK Olimpic.

External links

• Mirza Varešanović at National-Football-Teams.com